Tartan Tour Scoreboard
OPS SCOTLAND PRO-AM
Insch Golf Club
Par 69
65 Michael Rae (Alyth) £500.
66 Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park), James McGhee (Turnbouse), Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links) £308 each.
69 Christopher Currie (Caldwell) £180.
70 Alan Martin (Dunbar) £150.
71 Peter Mitchell (Hermitage) £130.
72 MarkKerr (Marriott Dalmahoy),Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) £102.50 each.

Scottish Seniors Golf Society Scoreboard
Order of Merit Final Tournament
BLAIRGOWRIE LANSDOWNE
CSS 74
72 Bob Stewart (Tulliallan), George Rodaks (Moffat).
75 Dave Downie (Kirriemuir), David J Smith (Stirling), Eric Lindsay (Blairgowrie), John Broadfoot (Turnberry).
76 George Paterson (Northern).
77 Keith Howie (West Kilbride), Michael Jenkins (Duff House Royal), Tony Stafford (Dun Ochil), William Brown (Strathaven).
78 Alistair Fiddes (Deeside), Gordon MacDonald (Callander).
79 John Johnston (Lanark).
80 David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie), Graham Brown (Royal Liverpool), Keith Bruce (Edzell), Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead).
81 Andrew Laird (Deeside), Derek Murphy (Kinross).
82 Brian Christie (Wilton), Jim Watt (Edzell).
84 Bill Methven (Royal Aberdeen), Brian Smith (Kilmacolm), Henry Anderson (Glenbervie).
Disqualified - Ian Hutcheon, Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess).

2009 FINAL ORDER OF MERIT PLACINGS
1 George Paterson (Northern) (events 9) 490pt.
2 Gordon MacDonald (Callander) (10) 445.
3 David Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) ( 7) 437.50.
4 Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) (10) 410.
5 Ian Brotherston (Dumfries & Co) 358.30.
6 Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess) (7) 350.
7 Ian Hutcheon (Monifieth) (4) 325.
8 Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) (10) 317.50.
9 David Downie (Kirriemuir) (5) 308.75.
10 John Fraser (Royal Burgess) (5) 305.
11 Derek Murphy (Kinross) (10) 252.50.
11 George Rodaks (Moffat) (10) 252.50.
13 Graham Brown (Royal Liverpool) (4) 222.50.
14 Donald McCart (Sherwood Forest) (7) 208.75.
15 Topny Stafforde (Dun Ochil) (6) 197.50.
16 Eric Lindsay (Blairgowrie) (6) 196.25.
17 Ronnie Maclean (Hamilton) (7) 189.10.
18 John Broadfoot (Turnberry) (10) 176.60
19 John Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) (8) 170.
20 Brian Smith (Kilmacolm) (7) 163.30.

From Keith Liddle
Scottish Alliance championship organiser


A big 'thank you' to everyone to has entered the Scottish Alliance Championship at Gullane on , 6th, 7th and 8th October.
Entries have been arriving at a fast pace over the last seven days. To date we have received 124 entries out of a possible 144. If you know of anyone who wants to play in the Championship, could you urge them to get their entry in as quickly as possible please?
I look forward to meeting everyone at Gullane in October.
Thanks again..
Keith Liddle
Secretary
EESGA (East Alliance)
secretary.eesga@btinternet.com

European Tour Scoreboard
MERCEDES-BENZ CHAMPIONSHIP
Gut Larchenof GC, Cologne, Germany
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Chris Wood 66 69, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 68 136 James Kingston (Rsa) 67 69, Ross Fisher 67 69, Soren Hansen (Den) 65 71
137 David Drysdale 67 70, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 70 67, Graeme Storm 69 68
138 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 69, Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 68, Anders Hansen (Den) 70 68, Simon Dyson 68 70, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 70 68
139 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 71, Anthony Wall 69 70, Paul Lawrie 68 71, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 71 68, Lee Westwood 70 69
140 Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 70, Scott Drummond 71 69, Darren Clarke 70 70, Paul McGinley 72 68
141 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 69 72, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 72 69, Richard Finch 69 72, Colin Montgomerie 72 69, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 71 70, Thomas Levet (Fra) 70 71
142 Graeme McDowell 70 72, Danny Willett 72 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 70 72, Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 72, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 68, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 71 71, Anthony Kang (USA) 71 71, Robert Rock 70 72, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 73
143 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 72, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 71 72, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 74 69, Steve Webster 76 67, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 73, Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 72, Stephen Dodd 69 74, Tano Goya (Arg) 74 69, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 73 70, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 73 70
144 Damien McGrane 72 72, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 73 71, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 70 74, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 74, Jamie Donaldson 74 70
145 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 69 76, David Howell 71 74, Nick Dougherty 69 76, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 76, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 73, Florian Fritsch (Ger) 74 71
146 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 71 75, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 72 74
147 Shane Lowry 75 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 76 71, John Bickerton 74 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 75 72
148 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 76 72, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 76
149 Gareth Maybin 76 73, Alastair Forsyth 74 75, Gregory Havret (Fra) 77 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 78 71
150 Kenneth Ferrie 72 78, Mark Brown (Nzl) 75 75
151 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 78 73
152 Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 77 75
153 Michael Hoey 76 77
154 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 76 78
156 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 77 79
160 Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 79 81

EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR

McArthur and Murray four shots behind

leaders at halfway in Dutch Futures

By Steve Todd
European Challenge Tour Press Officer
Scottish pair Andrew McArthur and George Murray are both in contention just four shots behind leaders Andrew Butterfield and Nicola Colsaerts at the halfway mark of the Dutch Futures.
McArthur, who is currently just outside the European Challenge Tour top 20, fired five birdies and just the single bogey in his round of 68.
He was joined on five under par by compatriot Murray whose 69 included four birdies and also just one dropped shot. Lloyd Saltman also made the cut, finishing on two under par.
Butterfield and Colsaerts carded rounds of 67 and 66 respectively to take a one stroke lead over France’s Christophe Brazillier, overnight leader Ben Mason of England and Spaniard Carl Suneson, with Challenge Tour Rankings leader Edoardo Molinari also in contention a further shot back.
Butterfield, who is currently second in the European Challenge Tour Rankings, was in fine form with the putter in Halfweg, also holing a 30ft birdie putt on the 16th hole to add to earlier birdies on the second and eighth holes before a crucial eagle on the 18th.
The 37 year old said: “The eagle putt on the 18th seemed to teeter on the edge for ages before going in. It was a great way to finish – I would have been on a high even if I had birdied that hole. I’ve been playing really well – I’ve only dropped one shot so far and didn’t even drop one in the Pro-Am so I’m delighted.”
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
+63 players made the cut at one under par or better.
135 N Colsaerts (Bel) 69 66, A Butterfield (Eng) 68 67,
136 C Suneson (Esp) 67 69, C Brazillier (Fra) 67 69, B Mason (Eng) 65 71,
137 E Molinari (Ita) 68 69, J Quesne (Fra) 69 68, G Boyd (Eng) 70 67, R Davies (Wal) 69 68,
138 F Andersson Hed (Swe) 71 67, M Crespi (Ita) 70 68,
139 B Wiesberger (Aut) 68 71, J Abbate (Arg) 71 68, M Zions (Aus) 68 71, G Murray (Sco) 70 69, J Lima (Por) 69 70, A McArthur (Sco) 71 68, N Meitinger (Ger) 69 70, P Golding (Eng) 69 70, W Vork (am) (Ned) 68 71,
140 L James (Eng) 70 70, B Pettersson (Swe) 69 71, S Bebb (Wal) 70 70, L Bond (Wal) 72 68, R Coles (Eng) 69 71, J Zapata (Arg) 71 69, A Marshall (Eng) 69 71, S Tiley (Eng) 69 71,
141 D Griffiths (Eng) 69 72, C Carranza (Arg) 74 67, M Korhonen (Fin) 71 70, F Colombo (Ita) 69 72, C Moriarty (Irl) 70 71, K Sullivan (Wal) 69 72, M Higley (Eng) 70 71, W Besseling (Ned) 72 69, M Cryer (Eng) 69 72,
142 T Feyrsinger (Aut) 72 70, J Grillon (Fra) 72 70, J Morrison (Eng) 71 71, B Evans (Eng) 69 73, O Floren (Swe) 75 67, M Cort (Eng) 67 75, R Steiner (Aut) 75 67, C Gane (Eng) 73 69, L Saltman (Sco) 72 70, R Santos (Por) 73 69, G Paddison (Nzl) 72 70, A Gee (Eng) 70 72, T Dykes (Wal) 73 69,
143 A Bernadet (Fra) 73 70, A Tampion (Aus) 70 73, J Larsen (Nor) 73 70, A Perrino (Ita) 73 70, R Swane (Ned) 72 71, G Gresse (Bel) 72 71, S Manley (Wal) 73 70, L Richard (Bel) 72 71, A Snobeck (Fra) 71 72, L Kennedy (Eng) 71 72, I Pyman (Eng) 73 70, G Houston (Wal) 70 73, E Canonica (Ita) 73 70,
MISSED THE CUT
144 M Wiegele (Aut) 69 75, D Nouailhac (Fra) 74 70, L Moolman (RSA) 71 73, M Delpodio (Ita) 70 74, J Parry (Eng) 74 70, R Kakko (Fin) 71 73, C Russo (Fra) 75 69, M Tullo (Chi) 72 72, V Riu (Fra) 73 71, A Willey (Eng) 72 72, R McEvoy (Eng) 72 72, J Olesen (Den) 67 77, T Sluiter (am) (Ned) 75 69,
145 A Ahokas (Fin) 73 72, C Günther (Ger) 73 72, R Muntz (Ned) 74 71, G Shaw (Nir) 70 75, J Boerdonk (Ned) 67 78, P Whiteford (Sco) 75 70,
146 A Kaleka (Fra) 71 75, S Davis (Eng) 72 74, E Ramsay (Sco) 73 73, M Mills (Eng) 74 72, J McLeary (Sco) 72 74, A Bossert (Sui) 74 72, J Moul (Eng) 70 76, S Jeppesen (Swe) 76 70, R Kind (Ned) 73 73, M Reale (Ita) 72 74, J Colomo (Esp) 73 73, B Miarka (Ger) 77 69, M Haastrup (Den) 73 73, B Hebert (Fra) 73 73, T Whitehouse (Eng) 72 74, R Saxton (Ned) 72 74,
147 M McGeady (Irl) 74 73, L Gagli (Ita) 75 72, F De Vries (Ned) 71 76, J De Vries (am) (Ned) 74 73,
148 S Van Duijn (Ned) 75 73, P Acuna (Gtm) 76 72, S Jamieson (Sco) 72 76, A Högberg (Swe) 79 69, K Jorgensen (Den) 75 73, D Huizing (am) (Ned) 75 73,
149 C Rodiles (Esp) 73 76, F Praegant (Aut) 75 74, T Cruz (Por) 73 76, F Keenan (Eng) 75 74, T Weiss (Sui) 74 75, T Laitto (Fin) 75 74, P Smith (Sco) 76 73,
150 J Caldwell (Nir) 75 75, L De Jager (RSA) 74 76, Z Scotland (Eng) 75 75, J Granberg (Fin) 72 78, S Henry (Sco) 79 71, A Grenier (Fra) 72 78, N Vanhootegem (Bel) 76 74,
151 F Calmels (Fra) 74 77, N Smith (USA) 71 80, C Simpson (Eng) 77 74, B Parker (Eng) 77 74, R Wechgelaer (Ned) 76 75,
152 J Theunis (Bel) 74 78, S Robinson (Eng) 77 75, F Van Hoof (am) (Ned) 80 72,
153 J Sjöholm (Swe) 76 77, J Doherty (Sco) 75 78, J Blanks (Eng) 73 80,
154 G Molteni (Ita) 73 81, B Alvarado (Chi) 75 79,
156 R Treis (Ger) 79 77, A Wagner (Arg) 80 76,
157 J Wahlqvist (Swe) 76 81
158 R Eccles (Ned) 75 83
159 D Küpper (Ger) 81 78
162 J Relecom (Bel) 82 80
164 N Kraaij (Ned) 83 81
165 F De Vooght (am) (Bel) 84 81
** M Pilkington (Wal) 80 WD

Dear and Booth have key role in GB&I

bid to regain Walker Cup at Merion

FROM THE ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL WEBSITE
Colin Dalgleish, the GB&I captain, is expecting the Scottish duo of Gavin Dear and Wallace Booth to play a key role in the Walker Cup match with the US, which gets under way at Merion, Pennsylvania, tomorrow.
Dear, 25, and Booth, 24, have both been in dominant form for Scotland in team competition over the past year and have driven their country to both the world and European amateur titles.
Now, Dalgleish is confident the Perthshire pair can turn on the style and help thwart America’s assault on a third Walker Cup win on the spin.
“Wallace has a great charisma about him,” said Dalgleish. “When he’s on form and he’s out there performing to the best of his ability, his opponents can find him impossible to deal with.
“Gavin is the oldest player in the team and I’d like to think he can play a leading role. He’s a powerful, solid player and he’s grown immeasurably as a golfer with the confidence he gained from helping Scotland win the world title.”
The pairings for tomorrow morning’s opening session of foursomes ties will be unveiled later today and Dear, the elder statesman of a GB&I side which has an average age of just 21, is looking to stamp his seniority on the contest.
He said: “With the experiences I have gained over the past year, I’d like to think the younger players will look at me as a leader. I like to lead from the front.”

From Steven Carmichael


Hi Colin,
I think you drew a line under this one prematurely (scroll down to read the E-mails from readeres about Tour School entry fees and whether they should be paid by the Scottish Golf Union for the top amateurs).
It's clearly a topic that divides opinion and one that should be openly debated.
Re Franco's point about does it grow the game - of course it can. It's not the only way and some of the 'grass roots' stuff needs attention but kids can be inspired to take up the game by seeing success from a Scottish player.
There is also no real chance of kids being inspired to take up the game by a guy on a mini tour because they are not visible or high profile enough. So, by trying to help them onto the 'big show,' the SGU must be applauded.
I'm also assuming that by paying this for them there is a quid pro quo and the player would need to give something (not money but time) back when they are successful? Perhaps one of the recipients could answer this.
Now whether there should be a body that assists all young Scottish players like Chris Kelly, professional or amateur, thats a real debate......
-- Steven Carmichael

Editor: OK, Steven. Point taken. We'll keep the lines open on this topic for another day or two.